ToddyTiger
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So Todd has been home for a couple of days now. So far, he seems to be doing pretty well. His walking is way, WAY better and he is eating more (been letting him free feed for now) I don't know what his kidneys are doing right now though, but they will be rechecked, along with his blood pressure, next week. For now we're doing 150ml of Sub-Q a day to maintain him.
My question is, how long does it generally take to get a cat regulated? Our vet upped his Lantus from 1.5 twice a day, to 2.0 twice a day. After that is when things really started looking much better on him, so I believe that had a lot to do with how he was feeling for the last couple of weeks. But his BG numbers seem to be all over the place, and I wonder if this is normal when regulating. He has been a diabetic for a few years, but I just started doing home testing. We always just had the vet do his curves and such. So I don't have a clue as to what his numbers were like say, 7 months ago
For example, I'll give you the last few days of his BG numbers. I was checking at 9am, 3pm and 9pm. He receives his insulin at 9am and 9pm. The first and last number each day is BEFORE insulin.
12/14: 500+, 570, 457
12/15: 348, 334, 431
12/16: 273, 129, 600
12/17: 466
Over the weekend his numbers at the vet were usually 500+. Their meter only goes to 500, so anything higher and it just says "HIGH".
Tuesday was when the vet decided to up his insulin dose. She said keep an eye on his numbers, and we'll talk in a couple of days. She said we should give it about a week for him to get used to the new dose. Is that how it works?.. you kind of give it a few days for it to start working? I was really happy yesterday (12/16) because his numbers were low in the morning and just about normal in the afternoon. But the 600 last night came out of no where. As I said though, he seems to be acting A LOT better and moving around a lot better.
Not asking about how Lantus works, because I am aware of that. Just curious about the daily jumps in the numbers and how long it can take to get there where they need to be.
OH, and because it might be playing a role here, he eats Hill's k/d for his kidneys.
Thanks!
Sarah
My question is, how long does it generally take to get a cat regulated? Our vet upped his Lantus from 1.5 twice a day, to 2.0 twice a day. After that is when things really started looking much better on him, so I believe that had a lot to do with how he was feeling for the last couple of weeks. But his BG numbers seem to be all over the place, and I wonder if this is normal when regulating. He has been a diabetic for a few years, but I just started doing home testing. We always just had the vet do his curves and such. So I don't have a clue as to what his numbers were like say, 7 months ago
For example, I'll give you the last few days of his BG numbers. I was checking at 9am, 3pm and 9pm. He receives his insulin at 9am and 9pm. The first and last number each day is BEFORE insulin.
12/14: 500+, 570, 457
12/15: 348, 334, 431
12/16: 273, 129, 600
12/17: 466
Over the weekend his numbers at the vet were usually 500+. Their meter only goes to 500, so anything higher and it just says "HIGH".
Tuesday was when the vet decided to up his insulin dose. She said keep an eye on his numbers, and we'll talk in a couple of days. She said we should give it about a week for him to get used to the new dose. Is that how it works?.. you kind of give it a few days for it to start working? I was really happy yesterday (12/16) because his numbers were low in the morning and just about normal in the afternoon. But the 600 last night came out of no where. As I said though, he seems to be acting A LOT better and moving around a lot better.
Not asking about how Lantus works, because I am aware of that. Just curious about the daily jumps in the numbers and how long it can take to get there where they need to be.
OH, and because it might be playing a role here, he eats Hill's k/d for his kidneys.
Thanks!
Sarah
